Posted on 04/26/2021 3:20:04 PM PDT by BenLurkin
No drugs or weapons found.
Yeah but Elizabeth City
Until I see a video where the suspect puts his hands behind his back, cops put him in cuffs and then shoot him, I wont care. If you are surrounded by cops serving a felony warrant and you flee....play stupid games, win stupid prizes..
Back of the head? Not center mass, but got the job done.
OK...there can be little doubt that there’s more to the story...there always is.Let’s hear it.
OK, a perp can flee as long as he is facing away, says the next riot and lawsuit.
Meth dealer...I wonder if there’s more.
It seems that, so many of these incidents involve perpetrators resisting arrest.
Of course we should not rush to judgement. Stay tuned.
He was either in his car, or got in his car, which the police had blocked in. Early witnesses who saw the short video released said he had his hands visible on the wheel when they started shooting.
After they started shooting, he tried to move his car around the police vehicle, and the cops kept shooting at it, the fatal round going through the back of his head. He crashed the car and they continued shooting.
No drugs or weapons found at the scene.
Since the incident, three officers of that department have resigned, although we were told those officers were not involved in the shooting.
Why were they shooting at him when he fled?
Nobody has answered that question and it seems to me the cops (especially in this climate) must’ve had some justification for doing so. More than a drug deal.
If not then I can only presume this was cold blooded murder.
No Compliance, driving away as an escaping felon. Shot in the back of head while driving away? All he had to do was follow what the Deputies were asking of him. Now he ‘s dead.
What is the problem?
I’ll wait for the videos to be released, and I hope it’s nowhere near as bad as it sounds.
Are they rioting yet?
Has Lebron chimed in?
. “Early witnesses who saw the short video released said he had his hands visible on the wheel when they started shooting.”
The circumstances under which police are allowed to fire are strictly outlined in writing and gone over constantly. The guy did something that crossed the line into “shoot”. And more than one officer decided the line had been crossed. Perhaps they thought he was trying to use the car as a weapon against officers on foot.
Once an officer shoots, shooting is to continue until the threat is over or the subject is out of range.
“OK, a perp can flee as long as he is facing away, says the next riot and lawsuit.”
In all 50 states it’s illegal to shoot a fleeing felon unless you have reason to believe they are an imminent bodily threat to officers or the citizenry.
So they have to chase them down and beat their ass.
Yeah, the “back of the head” in the headline made it sound like an execution, versus some $$$$-hungry lawyer trying to make it sound as bad as possible as their client fled the cops.
“She said she counted as many as eight deputies in the video, some wearing tactical uniforms and some in plainclothes.”
Ummmm...they don’t send 8 deputies to arrest someone for jaywalking.
“In March, narcotics officers used the informant to conduct controlled purchases of methamphetamine and cocaine from Brown on two separate occasions, according to the warrant, which said both drug transactions were recorded using audio and video equipment.”
Selling drugs, fleeing the scene to avoid arrest. May be a questionable shoot. Or may be totally justified. I’ll wait to see. But the headline is misleading.
From what I understand, when one cop shoots - they all do.
Nervous reaction. Ingrained training. Moneky See Monkey Do. Don't know.
I also don't know why some many thugs are pulling the Suicide by Cop routine these days.
“It seems that, so many of these incidents involve perpetrators resisting arrest.”
You’d think they’d get the hint by now.
Are they stupid?
Wait until the Union Central Government police start doing this! If there were no drugs found ...there will be.
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